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& About . What Surrounds Us: Finally, The Thaw It's true. ... After a long, snowy winter, finally, the thaw has come. ... Earlier this mid-April week, the last of the snow was disappearing from the Valley. And up here in the Bristol Notch {at 1600' or so}, we saw the first glimpses of bare ground. At one point, not counting the drifts, we must have had five feet on the ground after the second Nor'easter in the same month blew in. ... But now, patches of earth ... seemingly rising up through the snow to catch a glimpse of the sun. ... It seemed like a long, long time. ... I remember one day, not too long before, when I stopped by a store in the Village for a cup of coffee. One old-timer was standing by the counter, talking to the owner. The conversation, as it almost inevitably did without much prompting this winter, turned to the snow. ... "It's been something," he'd said. The owner nodded in agreement. "I had to shovel my roof off this winter. First time ever," he added. ... The conversation went quiet for a while, then the old-timer began again. "And you notice," he said. "This year, you didn't hear as much from those folks who like to talk about the good, old-fashioned winters we used to have." ... {For sure, I thought.} ... "This year," he said. "There weren't no 'used to' to it." In honor of the thaw, then, we offer up these images. ... Here's hoping we've seen the last of it until next time 'round. ...
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